Improvement in washing-machines



A. H'OCHWEBER.r Improvement inll Washing-Machines. N0,127,485 I IPatentedJune,4',1872,i-f

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UNITED STATES ANTON HOOHWEBER, OF TROY, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT 1N WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,485, dated June 4,1872.

Specification describing a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, invented by ANTON HOCHWEBER, of Troy, in the county of Perryand State of Indiana.

Figure 1 is a top view of my improved Inachine. Fig. 2 is a detailvertical longitudinal section of the same taken through the line w x,Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail side view oi' the beater.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved washing-machine,simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective in operation,being so constructed that it will wash the clothes quickly andthoroughly, and without injuring even the most delicate fabrics; and itconsists in the construction and combination of the various parts of thema-y chine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the base-frame of the machine, to the middle parts of the side barsof which are attached the vlower ends of two uprights, B, which aresecured in position by braces C. In the upper ends of the uprights B areformed notches to receive the gudgeons D attached to the middle of thesides of the box E. The box`E is made rectangular in form, and to one ofits ends are attached levers or bars F to serve as handles in operatingthe machine. 'Io the inner sides of the ends of the box E are attachedblocks G, corrugated transverse ly upon their inner sides, and which aremade thicker at their upper than at their lower sides, as shown4 in Fig.2. H is the beater, formed by attaching the ends of a series of boardsor planks, placed at a little distance apart, to two upright boards. Thelowest board or plank is made the widest, and its side edges are beveledoit' upon their upper sides. Each succeeding upper board is madenarrower than the preceding lower board, and has its side edges beveledofi' upon both the upper and lower sides. The sides of the beater H arethus made inclined,which inclination should be exactly equal to that ofthe blocks Gr, and the edges of the horizontal boards or planks of thebeater H and the corrugations or grooves of the blocks G shouldv be soar ranged that the said edges may enter the said corrugations. I is thecover of the box E, which is made in three parts. The two end parts aresecurely attached to the end parts of the said box E. The middle part ofthe cover I is hinged at one edge to the edge of one of the end parts,and its other edge is secured to the other end part of the said cover bya button or other convenient fastening.

In using the machine the clothes to be washed are divided into twoparcels, which are placed in the box E upon the opposite sides of thebeater H. A sufficient amount of wav ter and soap are then put in, andthe box is oscillated upon its pivots, the beater H passing from end toend of the box and compressing the clothes between the beater H and theblocks G alternately. As the beater H moves in either direction thewater` rushes through the spaces between the horizontal boards or planksof said beater upon the clothes in the rear of the beater, and thusassists in washing them.

Tothe under side of the beater H are pivoted rollers J, which roll alongrails or tracks K attached to the bottom of the box E, as shown in Fig.2, so that the said beater may move easily. The box E is held stationarywhile putting in and taking out the clothes by a bar, L, one end ofwhich is pivoted to the base-frame A, and its other end has a holeformed in it, to be slipped upon a pin attached to the lower part of theside of the box E, near one ehd. The bar L is made of such a length thatthe box E may be so inclined that the water from the wringer may `flowback into the box through the opening in the middle part of its cover,the said water being kept from flowing off by narrow upwardlyprojectingflanges attached to the upper part of the sides and ends of said box. Tothe sides of the box E, near one end, are attached the lower ends of theuprights M, which are connected by cross-bar N and slotted to formbearings for rollers O I?, which are provided with a spring, Q, whosepressure is regulated by screw R. .lhe rollers I prefer to form byWinding twisted cotton oord around a Wooden supporting-freine A B C,substantially as hereeore. in shown and described, and for the purposeHavingthus described my invention, I claim set forth.

:is new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- ANTON HOCHW'EBER. ent- Thebeater H. J and corrugated blocks G, Witnesses: constructed andarranged, in connection With SAM. K. CONNOR,

each other and with the pivoted box E and JOSEPH MEYER.

